The UFC 249 is one of the rare sporting events happening amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read some of the changes to this year’s fight coverage below, including the date, start time, location, TV channel, how to watch and live stream, ufc 249 order and more.

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With that as a backdrop, White has pressed forward with a remixed and remastered UFC 249, a pay-per-view event set for May 9 in Jacksonville, Florida, to be broadcast by ESPN+.

It was initially set for Brooklyn, New York, and then Lemoore, California, before circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak intervened.

Top lightweight contender Tony Ferguson retains his spot in the main event, even in the absence of hamstrung rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, whom the crisis rendered unable to leave his native Russia.

Stepping in for the unbeaten 155-pound champ is Justin Gaethje, the fourth-ranked contender who's erased three straight foes within a single round and has been steadily upping the volume on claims that he belongs in a spotlight fight with a big-name opponent.

White said the winner May 9 in the fall.

The interim title match tops a 12-bout card that will proceed in front of the near-empty Veterans Memorial Arena, but there are still plenty of reasons—morbid curiosity among them, perhaps—to tune in to get your live sports fix in the midst of a quarantine-racked spring season.

Click through for a full preview of the goings-on, from the headliner to early prelims.

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje is scheduled to take place May 9 in Jacksonville.

The main card ESPN+ pay-per-view is scheduled to begin at 10 pm ET.

The prelims are scheduled for ESPN/ESPN+ beginning at 8 pm ET.

The early prelims are set for UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 pm ET.

The fight card listed below is per UFC.com and is subject to change.

UFC 249 Main Card (ESPN+ PPV)

Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje

Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz

Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Jeremy Stephens vs. Calvin Kattar

Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan De Castro

UFC 249 Prelims (ESPN/ESPN+)

Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Fabricio Werdum

Carla Esparza vs. Michelle Waterson

Uriah Hall vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza